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(No Model.)

0, SPEOK, Jr. TAG HOLDER.

No. 484.682. Patented Oct. 18, 1892-.

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CONRAD SPEOK, JR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,682, dated October 18, 1892.

Application filed June 27, 1892. Serial No. 438,160- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CONRAD SPEOK, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference behad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvementsin tag-holders for cloth-boards; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the holder, designed to be applied to the end of the board upon which the cloth is wound, and the peculiar construction of the board,all as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a detached perspective view of a cloth-board, showing my improved holderin position thereon. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a bolt of cloth, showing my improved tag-holder applied. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the tag in position. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of a modified form of holder.

In the prior state of the art it is customary in tagging bolts of cloth to fasten the tags by hooks or pins or in any other manner to the cloth itself, and in handlingthe bolts of cloth thus tagged the tag is frequently torn off, causing considerable trouble and loss of time.

My invention consists in attaching to the end of the board upon which the cloth is wound aholderof peculiarconstruction,adapted to receive the tag and expose it to view at all times, so that it is guarded against accidental displacement.

A and B represent the cloth and board. The board upon which it is wound I term the cloth-board. To the end of this board is secured a tag-holder, preferably formed of sheet metal and consisting of a plate 0, having the longitudinal aperture D therein. This plate has an end extension E, preferably formed double by bending over the end F, as shown in Fig. 1, and these two parts E and F have a corresponding aperture G, through which a suitable nail or screw may be driven to secure the frame in position. This doubling of the ends raises the plate a sufficient distance above the end of the board to enable me to insert Within a card or label.

H is a flange formed on the edge of the plate C and bearing tightly against one edge of the board.

I is a flange formed on the other edge of the plate a slight distance above the upper edge of the board, so as'not to come incontact with it, the plate being made sufliciently wide so that this overhanging flange I extends inward a little distance from the side of the board, as plainly shown in Fig. 4, and the board on that side beneath this flange is provided with a beveled or curved shoulder J, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:.

K is a strip of paper or card-board, having marked thereon the number of yards in each bolt.

In order to insert the tag the end of the strip K is inserted beneath the flange I, as shown in Fig. 3, and then the operator tears off that portion of the strip which is in the holder by bringing it against the flange I, which forms a cutting-edge for the strip. When thetagListhus cutoff, it will rest in the holder between the two strips H and I, which will give a side bearing thereto and between the plate C and the end of the board, tightly holding it in position against. accidental displacement in handling the cloth. It is evident, also, that it may be changed at any time by simply pushing the old tag out beneath the flange I and inserting a new one.

What I claim as my invention is In a tag-holder, the combination, with a cloth-board having a bevel on its upper outer edge at the end, of a metallic holder formed with reinforced attaching ends, an open center, a flange on the lower edge closely fitting on the under side of the board, and a flange on its upper edges extending above and out of contact with the board at the bevel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afflx mysignaturein presence of two witnesses.

CONRAD SPECK, JR.

Witnesses:

M. B. ODooHERTY, N. L. LINDoP. 

